Architects are taking design to the next level by using input from the community to add more meaning to shapes. The Tangram development in Queens, N.Y., is an ode to Flushing, while residents at One Riverside in Philadelphia dictated the final layout of the condominium.

MBA’s commercial/multifamily mortgage bankers origination index reported an 8 percent increase in the dollar volume of loans closed for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac between the first quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018.